Chapter 77: Lotus Auction House

"You two, be quiet!"

"Young people, don't talk about killing all the time. Besides, you are a scholar!"

A voice from the old man guarding the book building entered, making the angry Xu Zhi calm down.

He gritted his teeth and looked at Lin Jing: "Are you really going to do this?"

Lin Jing put down the alchemy book: "Is there anything inappropriate? Isn't this all true?"

Xu Zhi clenched his fists: "Of course it's inappropriate. You are planning to use our reputation to help yourself cultivate the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique!"

"Extremely inappropriate!"

"Didn't you hear the teacher's teaching in the book building? The cultivation world is not just about killing, but also about human relationships!"

"How about this!"

"You have no proof. How can the authenticity of the mechanism creation's battle results be determined? But if I also come forward to create momentum for you, it will be different. The victim personally appears to speak, recognizing the power of the mechanism creation, it will definitely spread widely! And as an exchange, you only need to add my glorious image of fighting the Snow Plains cultivator in the cave heaven in the publicity!"

Since he couldn't change Lin Jing's idea, Xu Zhi planned to join.

"More opponents are not as good as more friends. What do you think, Brother Xu? The higher my image, the more it highlights your mechanism bamboo gun, right?" He used his silver tongue to try to persuade Lin Jing.

Commercial mutual blowing, right? Lin Jing was silent.

"That's right." As a person who had come before, the guardian of the book building nodded slightly. He played like this back then.

Not long after, Lin Jing left the book building.

Although it was a temporary idea, he felt his idea was not wrong.

Not to mention the entire ancient kingdom, just this Hidden Longcheng has countless battles every day.

No one will be remembered forever. After a long time, names will be forgotten, which is normal.

But... if a person's name is bound to a festival, a popular item, or a special symbol, it will undoubtedly spread longer than general battle deeds.

"Compared to ordinary magic tools, the advantage of the mechanism bamboo gun is that it does not require true qi to urge. No matter how low the cultivation is, it can be used."

"Besides, the attack distance, power, and frequency are also top-notch among the treasures available to Qi Refining cultivators. Very few items can have these advantages at the same time."

"The most important thing is that it is easy to build. If you don't engrave array patterns, as long as the materials are enough, I can assemble hundreds of them easily in a day. It's all a process, no technique."

"The materials for making the mechanism bamboo gun are not considered rare things in essence. The raw materials are all ordinary spirit plants, and the cost is extremely low."

"The most core ammunition, the spirit bean with power comparable to a serious blow from a Ninth Layer Qi Refining cultivator, is just ordinary spirit bean synthesis. This kind of spirit bean, if dropped on the ground of Hidden Longcheng, wild dogs on the side of the road don't like to eat it. The profit is huge."

"The provision of ammunition can be completed independently by the Pine Needle Rat. With its current ability, it is very easy to manufacture these. What's more, the stock it has accumulated these days is completely enough to sell."

"Let the mechanism bamboo gun and my name be bound together. Every time people use it, they will think of me, the endorser. Every time someone sees it, they will think of me."

"Besides, if it sells well, it can be considered as solving the resource problem."

The only thing Lin Jing is worried about now is whether the Pine Needle Rat's production capacity can keep up if the mechanism bamboo gun suddenly becomes popular. It is a pity that synthesized things cannot be replanted, otherwise, he could contract a few acres of spirit fields to let the gun body and ammunition grow freely.

Lin Jing looked at the Pine Needle Rat that was still hoarding goods in the hanging gourd...

Suddenly, a thought sprouted in his mind.

What if he had many Pine Needle Rats that could only synthesize resources.

Clone!

He remembered that there was such a spell that could split many clones to fight the enemy. Since the clones could fight the enemy, could they be brought to work?

Presumably, the Pine Needle Rat itself would not refuse a

"Senior Shen Song?"

After Lin Jing left the academy, he called out secretly.

After a while, Shen Song indeed replied: "What is it again?"

"You created wooden men in the Great Wilderness; this method is somewhat similar to creating clones. Do you know the Clone Technique? I want to teach it to the Pine Needle Rat."

Shen Song said: "Clone Technique? Why learn that trashy spell? Ordinary clones are useless; they waste magic power and have low strength. As for External Incarnations, your cultivation base is still too low—consider that after Nascent Soul! Wait until its Azure Emperor Longevity Art reaches Great Completion; it should be able to create grass-and-wood clones. That should suffice!"

Lin Jing asked: "Can those grass-and-wood clones possess the spells and divine abilities of the original?"

"They can, but the effect will certainly be much worse!"

"Are you done? If not, I'm going to take care of your broken fish."

Lin Jing chuckled and said: "Nothing much. With your word, I am relieved."

He turned and headed straight for the Lotus Pavilion.

Lotus Pavilion.

As the largest chamber of commerce in the Ancient Kingdom, it naturally had an auction house inside.

Lin Jing intended to first take a bamboo gun and put it into the Lotus Pavilion for auction to test the waters.

He walked as fast as flying; the Pine Needle Rat was in the beast-taming space, the Long Li was being looked after by Shen Song, and he himself was completely unburdened.

Long Li... because it had just awakened a top-tier beast fire and seemed unable to control it well yet, keeping it by his side was prone to causing fires.

He... did not want to be fined again!

As for whether Shen Song would get burned, that was not something he needed to consider.

Hidden Longcheng was a major city for cultivators, second only to the capital in fame within the Ancient Domain. The Lotus Pavilion here was naturally of an extremely high level, occupying an entire commercial street.

No matter when one stepped onto this street, it was always a scene of extraordinary bustle and clamor, attracting cultivators from all directions.

Elixirs, magic treasures, secret arts, crystal ores, spirit plants, demon beasts... everything was available; they sold everything.

And in the center of this street stood a sculpture of ingenious design—a blooming lotus flower, marking that everything here was the property of the Lotus Pavilion.

Shops lined both sides of the street. Lin Jing went deep into it and quickly arrived outside a pavilion, on which the five large characters "Lotus Auction House" were written.

He entered the auction house, and immediately a female cultivator wearing a qipao with lotus patterns walked over, her face wearing a professional smile.

"May I ask, Young Master, is there anything you need help with?" The female cultivator was all smiles, her tone gentle, and her attitude amiable.

"I want to auction an item," Lin Jing said straight to the point: "A mechanical creation!"

"Very well, Young Master, please follow me to the Treasure Appraisal Room." After the qipao-wearing female cultivator invited him, she walked in front with light steps.

Before long, under the guidance of this qipao-wearing female cultivator, Lin Jing arrived at one of the treasure appraisal rooms.

Inside the treasure appraisal room, a man in gray robes stood up to welcome him and said with a smile: "Is this Young Master intending to have a spirit tool or magic tool appraised?"

"Master Shi, this Young Master intends to auction a mechanical creation," the qipao-wearing female cultivator said.

"Oh? A mechanical creation? That is rare. I must take a close look." He looked at the dashing Lin Jing, and not ignoring him because of Lin Jing's seventh-layer Qi Condensation cultivation, he made a gesture of invitation quite earnestly.

"I want to... auction this item!"

Seeing the appraiser, Lin Jing took the mechanical bamboo gun out of his storage bag.

"Hmm?" Master Shi's spiritual sense swept over it slightly, and his brows furrowed tightly. This mechanical creation, whether it was the blue bamboo-like material on the outside or the suspected spirit bean thing on the inside, although familiar, was very different from anything in his memory. It was his first time seeing it!

"What is the use of this item?"

"An attack-type mechanism, similar to a hidden weapon, but it can also be used openly. It is called the Mechanical Bamboo Gun," Lin Jing replied. "Even if a squirrel were to hold this item, it would rarely have an opponent within the Qi Condensation stage."